Ameliorative Potentials of Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L.) and Unripe Plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) on the Relative Tissue Weights of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 1

Fasting blood glucose of diabetic and nondiabetic rats (mg/dL).

	Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	PC (%)
Group 1	70.67±10.60	87.00±7.55	92.00±8.00	93.67±8.50	−7.67 (increase)
Group 2	93.00±1.52^b	232.67±12.36^b	251.00±12.37^b	280.00±5.29^b	−20.34 (increase)
Group 3	107.00±9.17^c	242.00±20.88^b	229.40±10.03^b	269.50±13.87^b	−11.36 (increase)
Group 4	57.00±6.54^a	373.00±126.06^b	176.00±37.56^b	153.88±30.09^b	58.75 (decrease)
Group 5	55.00±12.25^b	210.00±9.80^b	111.00±11.43^a	129.92±52.80^ab	38.13 (decrease)

Values are given as mean ± SD. 𝑛=6; ^a𝑃<0.05 versus diabetic control; ^b𝑃<0.05 in comparison with normal control within the groups (column); PC: percentage change in fasting blood glucose.